Beverly D’Angelo opened up about her longtime relationship with actor Al Pacino in an Instagram post Monday.
The 71-year-old actress said she decided to share details about her relationship with the Scarface actor, 83, after her “dm box was filled with questions” on the subject.
“My story with Al began 27 years ago when two artists met and fell in love,” said D’Angelo, who is mother to 22-year-old twins Olivia Pacino and Anton James Pacino with the Oscar winner.
D’Angelo, who played Ellen Griswold in the National Lampoon’s Vacation franchise, said they “lived together for seven years, had two children” and eventually “broke up.”
Despite their split, she wrote, “they moved on steadily [their] Travel as co-parents – and came to share [their] lives with a deeper kind of intimacy, honesty and acceptance than a “traditional” relationship would have allowed.’
The Latest: Beverly D’Angelo, 71, opened up about her longtime relationship with actor Al Pacino, 83, in an Instagram post Monday
D’Angelo, who played Ellen Griswold in the National Lampoon’s Vacation franchise, said they “lived together for seven years, had two children” and eventually “broke up.”
D’Angelo said that she and Pacino felt connected through a shared passion for their craft.
“We’ve always been connected on a creative level — our conversations about acting, the search/need for expression — it’s a conversation that started in ’96 and continues to this day,” she said.
D’Angelo, who starred on the CBS series True Lies, called her relationship with the Dog Day Afternoon actor “unique” and “encompasses a great breadth/depth of experiences and emotions, through thick and thin, a true friendship.”
She added, “There are infinite layers to any intimate relationship — and for me, Instagram isn’t the place to really go into detail … but I want to make sure you know that I see and hear you, so is.” this video a little Bare Bones Primer in answer to your questions.’
She added that she got her children’s approval first and foremost before posting her pictures and stories on social media.
D’Angelo opened up about her start with the House of Gucci actor in the clip, saying: “I’ve lived with Al for seven years and we have two children; In 1996 we were on the same plane en route from Los Angeles to New York.
“He sat in front of me, he said come up and sit next to me, and when the plane landed it was on.”
She said that the following year, “He looked me in the eye and said, ‘I want you to be the mother of my children.’
She continued, “Even though I’d avoided this role my entire life, I was deeply in love and I was 100 percent into it.”
She said they underwent a round of in vitro fertilization in 1997 and “with a lot of effort and the wonders of modern science” welcomed their twins in 2001.
D’Angelo said that she and Pacino were bonded through a shared passion for the craft of acting
The actress said she decided to share details about her relationship with the Scarface actor after her “dm box was filled with questions” on the subject
Beverly’s children, Anton James Pacino and Olivia Pacino, and niece Courtney D’Angelo were pictured with her at a film premiere last November
D’Angelo shared a slideshow of family photos of the twins when they were younger
D’Angelo said that she and the Any Given Sunday star continue to share a “unique and deep friendship between two artists that continues to this day.”
D’Angelo shared a slideshow of family photos of the twins when they were younger.
She said things eventually “got complicated” and their “breakup was finalized in 2004.”
She added, “The power of our love for our children was the foundation for resolving all conflicts and creating a new story as co-parents who lived individual lives apart but always intertwined as a family.”
She concluded by saying that she and the Any Given Sunday star continue to share “a unique and deep friendship between two artists that lasts to this day — through thick and thin, 27 years of doing it our way — and there we have.” you it.’